We have all read about the war between Fox and the White House. Then in shock we see how the mainstream pundits from all the big news outlets support Fox news. So the mainstream media supports lieing, and spinning, taking things out of context, pushing an agenda, promoting violence, and yet the wonder why thier audiences are shrinking?? Dumbasses are doing it to themselves.
It can be argued that Fox and Rush have a big hand in killing print journalism, and cable news also for that matter. Why? Well this may be obvious to most of you, probably is, but with thier echo-chamber is continually spouting off how the "liberal media", which is the most destructive Orwellian bullshit ever, and blatant, BLATANT, BOLD F'ING FACED LIES that they spew over and over, well eventually it starts to stick. Like a cancer it grows and grows and over the last 30 years we see what it has gotten us.
The problem with progressives, is that we spend a lot of time educating ourselves,we spend a lot of time trying to enjoy ourselves, and we by and large dont spend a lot of time getting the word out there except when we preach to the choir like I am here.
THIS EXCELLENT VIDEO BY MEDIA MATTERS HAS TO GO VIRAL
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQnmxW-UyKo&feature=player_embedded
Anyways the way to fight Fox and Rush's bullshit is to spread the word, and let people willing to listen to see it for themselves.
We have all been there and had our arguements with them but without any proof they can see with their own eyes and ears, we either dont know what we are talking about, or the liberal media said it so by default it is a lie.
I dont know what the answer is to get this country back to serious governence but this can only help. How about KOS work out a deal, and with donations print up millions of the Outfoxed DVD and just give the dam thing away and encourage people to make copies and distribute them to everyone they know,
We are starting to lose, again. This is how we got in Iraq, this is how every dam progressive, environmental, labor issue dear to us. The rich, elite that control the message in this country get theirs out without context or fact checking, with anything. Simple example, after President Obama gave his address to a joint session, Hannity goes on and says the president said people that work for insurance companies are evil when as we all know that if fact he did NOT.
Fox didnt show the joint address. Jon Stewart, Daily Kos can not do it alone. You know why?
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE REACHED DO NOT WATCH THE DAILY SHOW, OR VISIT THIS SITE!
This is how we do it. Forward the media matters video to EVERYONE in our email address book and plead with them to forward it also.
It has to go viral.
It is through Fox and Rush that we are losing these battles. No other reason. The wingnuts have a major media outlet, the progressives do not. Simple as that.
Kudos to Media Matters and thier excellent work. Without them we would be even more fucked than we already are.
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